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Remembering Miriam Makeba

Miriam
Makeba, the South African singer who was in exile during apartheid, is largely
responsible, for giving the world a taste of her language isiXhosa through her songs.She also sang in some languages found in the
African continent. She has a
street named after her in Johannesburg.

I went for a
meeting in Winnipeg the other day and the receptionist asked me about double
and triple consonants that populate my language isiZulu.I said I didn’t
know how many they are, but isiXhosa, Miriam Makeba’s language has much more.